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Empirical vs Statistical - What's the difference?

empirical | statistical |

As adjectives the difference between statistical and empirical

is that statistical is of or pertaining to statistics while empirical is pertaining to or based on experience.

empirical

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to or based on experience.
  • * H. Spencer
    • The village carpenter lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.
  • Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
  • (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

    • Synonyms

    * empiric

    Antonyms

    * nonempirical

    Coordinate terms

    * conceptual * theoretical * anecdotal

    Derived terms

    * empirically

    Related terms

    * empiricism * empiricist

    See also

    * anecdotal evidence * trial and error

    External links

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    statistical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to statistics.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

    Derived terms

    * statistical analysis * statistical inference * statistical mechanics * statistical significance